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CHORDS
Noun
chords
plural of chord
Anagrams
• schrod
Source: Wiktionary
CHORD
Chord, n. Etym: [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. cord. See Cord.]
1. The string of a musical instrument. Milton.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.
3. (Geom.)
Definition: A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
5. (Engin.)
Definition: The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. Waddell. Accidental, Common, and Vocal chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal.
– Chord of an arch. See Illust. of Arch.
– Chord of curvature, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point.
– Scale of chords. See Scale.
Chord, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Chording.]
Definition: To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. When Jubal struck the chorded shell. Dryden. Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. Beecher.
Chord, v. i. (Mus.)
Definition: To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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